Kevin’s win scrappy tie

Reigning Junior Champions, St Kevins, beat current Division 4 winners, St Brides, in a scrappy affair in Philipstown.

Cian Callan finished off a well worked move to net the opening goal and St Kevins went in at half time leading 1-6 to 0-4.

It took until the 42nd minute before the first score of the second half was registered through a well taken ‘45’ from custodian, Conor Callan. This was the Kevins first score in 21 minutes, Conaill Devin pointed a free kick at the other end to cancel this out.

Sean Brennan had a chance to get St Brides a goal of their own but his effort was snuffed out by tenacious defending by the men in black and red. From the resulting play Cian Callan netted his second on 47 minutes, effectively ending the match as a contest.

However, two minutes later St Brides were handed a lifeline when their full forward, Cathal McKenna, was adjudged to have been impeded in the small rectangle. but Conaill Devin’s penalty effort was saved by Callan.

KEVINS: Conor Callan (0-1); Barry Byrne, Patrick Duff, Aaron Roche; Tomas Gregory, Aaron Khan, Dylan Maher; Seanie Crosbie (0-1), Andrew Campbell; Lee Crosbie (0-4), Karl Martin, Cian Callan (2-1); Darren McMullan, Paul Duff (0-1), Patrick Clarke (0-1). Subs: Aidan Craven for T Gregory, Gareth Boylan for A Campbell, Evan Doheny for P Clarke, Gerard Brennan for L Crosbie, Andrew Campbell for S Crosbie.

RIDES: Frank Noonan; Sean McDonnell, Laurence Steen, Conor Hoey; Stephen Kettle, Donal McNally, Gavin Kane; Gareth Hall, Emmet Kirk (0-2); Tiernan O’Malley, Aaron Hoey, Richard Halpenny; Aaron Devin, Cathal McKenna (0-3), Conaill Devin (0-1). Subs: Ciaran Drumm for G Kane, Michael Keane for E Kirk, Sean Brennan for A Hoey, James Costelloe (0-1) for T O’Malley, Stephen Hilliard for R Halpenny, Ray Kelly for S Kettle.